13:19 Babylon, the most admired 1 of kingdoms,
the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, 2
will be destroyed by God
just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. 3
14:16 Those who see you stare at you,
they look at you carefully, thinking: 4
“Is this the man who shook the earth,
the one who made kingdoms tremble?
23:11 The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, 5
he shook kingdoms;
he 6 gave the order
to destroy Canaan’s fortresses. 7
23:17 At the end of seventy years 8 the Lord will revive 9 Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms. 10
47:5 “Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, 12
O daughter of the Babylonians!
Indeed, 13 you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’
1 tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).
2 tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”
sn The Chaldeans were a group of tribes who lived in southern Mesopotamia. The established the so-called neo-Babylonian empire in the late seventh century
3 tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.
4 tn The word “thinking” is supplied in the translation in order to make it clear that the next line records their thoughts as they gaze at him.
5 tn Heb “his hand he stretched out over the sea.”
6 tn Heb “the Lord.” For stylistic reasons the pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation here.
7 tn Heb “concerning Canaan, to destroy her fortresses.” NIV, NLT translate “Canaan” as “Phoenicia” here.
8 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
9 tn Heb “visit [with favor]” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “will deal with.”
10 tn Heb “and she will return to her [prostitute’s] wages and engage in prostitution with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the earth.”
11 tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”
12 tn Heb “darkness,” which may indicate a place of hiding where a fugitive would seek shelter and protection.
13 tn Or “For” (NASB, NRSV).